LONDON — JSP Records is proud to announce that it will release in 2017 a 4-CD 109-track set, produced by John Stedman, called JUDY GARLAND: CLASSIC DUETS, that will include 14 tracks never previously issued on CD. Entirely remastered by the renowned audio restorer John H. Haley, with the cover and brochure designed by the distinguished New York-based graphic artist Raphael Geroni, it will contain essays by the award-winning Garland historian Lawrence Schulman, John H. Haley, Randy L. Schmidt, who is the author of Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters (Chicago Review Press, 2014), and French singer Isabelle Georges, whose CD and show devoted to Garland, called Une étoile et moi, met universal acclaim. The set, which was compiled by Schulman, will contain duets Garland sang with 33 partners, including such illustrious names as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer, Dick Haymes, Bob Hope, Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, and others. Past JSP sets devoted to Garland, all curated by Schulman, include Lost Tracks (2010), Smilin’ Through – The Singles Collection 1936-1947 (2011), The Carnegie Hall Concert(2012), Creations 1929-1962 Songs She Introduced(2013), The Garland Variations (2014), The Best of Lost Tracks (2015), and Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen(2016). For further information, contact JSP Records at john@jsprecords.com.

LONDON — JSP Records is proud to announce the release on August 4, 2017 of JUDY GARLAND: CLASSIC DUETS, a 4-CD 109-track set produced by John Stedman that will include 15 tracks never previously issued on CD. Entirely remastered by the renowned U.K. audio restorer Peter Reynolds, with the cover and brochure designed by the distinguished graphic artist Raphael Geroni, it will contain essays by the award-winning Garland historian Lawrence Schulman, who has written extensively about her in the ARSC Journal; journalist Randy Henderson, who has contributed to the magazine TheGarland Gazette, Emmy Magazine, and the webzine Garlands For Judy; Randy L. Schmidt, who is the author of Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters (Chicago Review Press, 2014) and edited and wrote the foreword for Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland by Sid Luft (Chicago Review Press, 2017); and French singer Isabelle Georges, whose CD and show devoted to Garland, called Une étoile et moi, met universal acclaim. The set, which was compiled by Schulman, will contain duets Garland sang with 33 partners, including such illustrious names as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer, Dick Haymes, Bob Hope, Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, and others. Past JSP sets devoted to Garland, all curated by Schulman, include Lost Tracks (2010), Smilin’ Through – The Singles Collection 1936-1947 (2011), The Carnegie Hall Concert (2012), Creations 1929-1962 Songs She Introduced (2013), The Garland Variations (2014), The Best of Lost Tracks (2015), and Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen (2016). For further information, contact JSP Records at john@jsprecords.com.

Thanks, Dr. Pepper. This one was a real labor of love. It first was supposed to be released by the Canadian label, DOREMI, then was switched to JSP. I think it will come as a real surprise that Garland did so many duets in the 1940s and 1950s. As I state in the notes, on many she sings harmony, which was a real surprise to me. It is a sign of her musicianship, a word one rarely associated with Garland. In any case, glad you are enjoying it. JSP has been great to me, and there is more on the way...